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July 2006Why the world NEEDS Superman.
Ian Srivatsav
If you haven’t already guessed, the title is inspired by a line in Superman Returns. The headline of an article, to be precise. written by an embittered Lois Lane, entitled Why the world doesn’t need Superman. I don’t really like the Superman character; as far as superhero stories go, I think Superman is pretty much the working model of the first thing that came to Jerry Siegel’s head. But I take issue with this fictitious headline, and here’s why.
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December 2008Sharing souls.
Ian Srivatsav
Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke reprise their role as the lovely couple from Before Sunrise, in the deeply enlightening Waking Life.
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July 2006Ethics of desire.
Ian Srivatsav
“What’s more important? Satisfying a thousand desires or conquering just one?”
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August 2008PDF woes
Ian Srivatsav
Essential apps to weather any storm…involving PDFs?
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December 20089 to end the Crusades.
Ian Srivatsav
The dying words of the war-mongers in Assassin’s Creed, flip the tables with every word, drawing the fine line between good and evil right along the sternum. Altair gets confused too easily.
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December 2008Teaching love.
Ian Srivatsav
Nelson Mandela in Long Walk To Freedom [1995].
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